2. Save your form and preview. Then select the test product and make an actual payment.

Method B: Testing through Paypal Sandbox Mode

PayPal Sandbox is a virtual testing environment that mimics the live PayPal production environment. Meaning, it works similarly with making an actual Paypal but without using real credit cards or live PayPal accounts.

3. Create 2 different account types, Personal and Business. If you are using Paypal (standard) in your payment form, you need the Personal account credentials. Otherwise, if you are using Paypal Pro or Paypal Express, you need the Business account credentials

4. After creating the test accounts, take your Paypal Credentials. Let's assume you are using Paypal Pro so you need to take the Business account credentials.

Here's how:

a. In your business account, click the Profile link

b. It will open a new window, go to API Credentials tab and copy your username, password, and signature

5. Enter these credentials into your Paypal payment field under its settings.

a. Click the wand icon in your payment field

b. Enter your API credentials. You do not need to verify it, it is a test account.

6: Important:After entering your Paypal credentials, you need to enable Sandbox Mode before you can perform a test.

To do that, click Additional Gateway Settings collapsethat is on the bottom section of the payment wizard and set Yes on Sandbox Mode.

7. That's it! You can preview your form and make a test payment. If you are using Business account in your Paypal payment field, you can use your Personal account to test your form or vice versa.

If you have questions with any of the steps above, feel free to post comments below.

1 Comment...

troop870

(October 09, 2016 at 05:25 PM)

I have tried following the above procedure using both the Paypal, Paypal Express and Paypal Pro payment fields. None of those have the additional Gateway Settings collapse. What am I missing?